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Fritz Hirschfeld (22 October 1886 in Berlin – 11 October 1944 in Auschwitz) was a German jurist of Jewish descent, a judge in Potsdam, a refugee in the Netherlands, interned in the Westerbork transit camp and in the Theresienstadt concentration camp and murdered in the Auschwitz extermination camp. After his conversion he also worked as a translator and author. [1]
In March 2019, a Stolperstein (stumbling stone) for Fritz Hirschfeld was laid in Nieuwkuijk in the Netherlands on the site of the St. Gertrudisgesticht, [2] which was demolished in 1969. Another stumbling stone has been in place since December 2019 in Potsdam, Griebnitzstraße 8. [3] A hall in the Potsdam Regional Court has been named after him. [4]
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Fritz Hirschfeld (22 October 1886 in Berlin – 11 October 1944 in Auschwitz) was a German jurist of Jewish descent, a judge in Potsdam, a refugee in the Netherlands, interned in the Westerbork transit camp and in the Theresienstadt concentration camp and murdered in the Auschwitz extermination camp. After his conversion he also worked as a translator and author. [1]
In March 2019, a Stolperstein (stumbling stone) for Fritz Hirschfeld was laid in Nieuwkuijk in the Netherlands on the site of the St. Gertrudisgesticht, [2] which was demolished in 1969. Another stumbling stone has been in place since December 2019 in Potsdam, Griebnitzstraße 8. [3] A hall in the Potsdam Regional Court has been named after him. [4]